diff --git a/cache/osm.go b/cache/osm.go
index cd5797d..f146743 100644
--- a/cache/osm.go
+++ b/cache/osm.go
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ func idFromKeyBuf(buf []byte) int64 {
 	return int64(bin.BigEndian.Uint64(buf))
 }
 
+type RawItem struct {
+	Id   int64
+	Data []byte
+}
+
 func (c *Cache) Close() {
 	if c.db != nil {
 		c.db.Close()
diff --git a/cache/ways.go b/cache/ways.go
index b5a4bf8..3dfc318 100644
--- a/cache/ways.go
+++ b/cache/ways.go
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ func (p *WaysCache) GetWay(id int64) (*element.Way, error) {
 	return way, nil
 }
 
-func (p *WaysCache) Iter() chan *element.Way {
-	ways := make(chan *element.Way, 1024)
+func (p *WaysCache) Iter() chan RawItem {
+	ways := make(chan RawItem, 1024)
 	go func() {
 		ro := levigo.NewReadOptions()
 		ro.SetFillCache(false)
@@ -70,12 +70,7 @@ func (p *WaysCache) Iter() chan *element.Way {
 		defer it.Close()
 		it.SeekToFirst()
 		for ; it.Valid(); it.Next() {
-			way, err := binary.UnmarshalWay(it.Value())
-			if err != nil {
-				panic(err)
-			}
-			way.Id = idFromKeyBuf(it.Key())
-			ways <- way
+			ways <- RawItem{idFromKeyBuf(it.Key()), it.Value()}
 		}
 		close(ways)
 	}()
diff --git a/writer/ways.go b/writer/ways.go
index 94859b9..363e4ac 100644
--- a/writer/ways.go
+++ b/writer/ways.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package writer
 
 import (
 	"goposm/cache"
+	"goposm/cache/binary"
 	"goposm/database"
 	"goposm/element"
 	"goposm/geom"
@@ -15,12 +16,12 @@ import (
 
 type WayWriter struct {
 	OsmElemWriter
-	ways                 chan *element.Way
+	ways                 chan cache.RawItem
 	lineStringTagMatcher *mapping.TagMatcher
 	polygonTagMatcher    *mapping.TagMatcher
 }
 
-func NewWayWriter(osmCache *cache.OSMCache, diffCache *cache.DiffCache, ways chan *element.Way,
+func NewWayWriter(osmCache *cache.OSMCache, diffCache *cache.DiffCache, ways chan cache.RawItem,
 	insertBuffer database.RowInserter, lineStringTagMatcher *mapping.TagMatcher,
 	polygonTagMatcher *mapping.TagMatcher, progress *stats.Statistics, srid int) *OsmElemWriter {
 	ww := WayWriter{
@@ -44,8 +45,15 @@ func (ww *WayWriter) loop() {
 	geos := geos.NewGeos()
 	geos.SetHandleSrid(ww.srid)
 	defer geos.Finish()
-	for w := range ww.ways {
+	for item := range ww.ways {
 		ww.progress.AddWays(1)
+
+		w, err := binary.UnmarshalWay(item.Data)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		w.Id = item.Id
+
 		inserted, err := ww.osmCache.InsertedWays.IsInserted(w.Id)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Println(err)